(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Some statistics are so mind-boggling that they beg the question if they are really true. One recently arose concerning the Chicago Bears and their struggles with finding the right quarterback to lead the team back to prominence. Could Caleb Williams be the answer to their quarterback woes? According to NFL…
Rafael Nadal returned to the tennis courts at the 2024 Bastad Open, beating Leo Borg in two sets to advance at the ATP 250 event. Nadal’s first singles match since losing to Alexander Zaverev at Roland Garros was a straight-sets win over Borg. The Swedish player, of course, is the son of legendary Bjorn Borg,…
Jessica Pegula‘s stay in the top five of the WTA rankings will end at the beginning of next week, thanks to Jasmine Paolini‘s historic run at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Pegula has been a mainstay in that elite band for 90 consecutive weeks. She first entered the top five after reaching the 2022 US Open…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday July 7, 2024 There have been eight men in the Open Era to win the title at Queen’s and Wimbledon in the same year – after John McEnroe (1981, 1984), Jimmy Connors (1982), Boris Becker (1985), Pete Sampras (1995, 1999), Lleyton Hewitt (2002), Rafael Nadal (2008), Andy Murray…
Jannik Sinner is one of the favorites to win Wimbledon, and he started off his 2024 campaign with a pretty confident win. Jannik Sinner arrived in London on a winning streak. He had played amazing tennis in Halle, where he won his first trophy as a reigning world number one. The Italian continued his winning…
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Back in January, I expressed grave concern over the state and direction of the Washington Nationals. They’d followed their World Series title with four straight last-place finishes, jettisoned most of their good players, and watched a series of prospects flame out. It wasn’t just a matter of waiting for Dylan Crews…
Ben Shelton started his 2024 Mallorca Championships campaign with a win over Rinky Hijikata, which sent him to the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament. The American also played in Mallorca last year, but it was a relatively short stay. This time around, the top seed had a first-round bye, and this match was his…
In a tightly contested 2024 Copa América match between Canada and Peru on Tuesday evening at Children’s Mercy Park, LOSC Lille standout Jonathan David scored the lone goal. The two sides played a scoreless first half. The Canadians generated five shots total, while the Peruvians countered with only one shot total. In the second half,…
Lexi Thompson has been playing full-time on the LPGA since 2014, and she’s racked up 15 professional wins including a major; the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. But on Saturday at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan, en route to a 65 that got her within striking distance…
(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) The 2024 Atlanta Braves aren’t as good as their 2023 edition. There is no shame in that: not every team is capable of winning 104 games with ease. However, the situation is starting to become worrisome in Atlanta, as they lost their fifth straight game on Wednesday. They dropped three…
